"Police late Wednesday released surveillance video
of an alleged hate crime in Manhattan's West
Village that injured a 26-year-old man.
Damian Furtch tells NY1 he and a friend were at
the McDonald's at West 3rd Street and Sixth Avenue
around 4:30 a.m Sunday when two guys started
staring at him because he was wearing a
fluorescent hat and pink shoelaces.
He says he went outside while his friend got their
order, and the two men followed him.
Video Shows Alleged West Village Bias Attack
Furtch says they asked if he had a problem with
them, and then started hitting him and yelling gay
slurs."